Reported Honey Buzzards: Totals by Month 1996 and Comments
|
month |
SW |
SE |
EA |
Mid |
NE |
NW |
Scot |
Wale |
NI |
Total |
|
April |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No data |
|
May |
3 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
|
2 |
|
|
25 |
|
June |
6 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
28 |
|
July |
5 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
Aug |
|
6 |
3 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
Sept |
2 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
26 |
|
Oct |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Nov |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No data |
|
|
Total |
16 |
40 |
15 |
5 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
99 |
Figures from Birdwatch regional reports. The April, and November reports were not to hand. Very few Honey Buzzards occur in Britain in these months.
These totals are not directly comparable with the presumed migrant totals compiled by British Birds. The records above are unchecked and may include breeding sites, though each breeding site will only feature once per month. On the other hand not all records are submitted to the Birdwatch systems.
The totals for SW England are boosted by the numbers then present at Haldon in Devon. SE England still had by far the highest total at 40 birds. The overall total of 99 is under half that found each year from 2001-2005. In the mid 1990s most rarity reports were submitted by telephone rather than the Internet techniques of today.
